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Smite God: Skadi

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Skadi Build

Starter

Notes This is a standard effective build that plays well into s strengths

Mage's Blessing

Morningstar

Healing Potion

Mana Potion

Core Items

Transcendence

The Crusher

Jotunn's Wrath

Warrior Tabi

Situational

Runeforged Hammer

Titan's Bane

Bloodforge

The Executioner

Soul Eater

Toxic Blade

Asi

Brawler's Beat Stick

Example Late Game Build

Bloodforge

Transcendence

Titan's Bane

Jotunn's Wrath

The Crusher

The Executioner

Elixir of Speed

Skadi's Skill Order

Piercing Cold

1 X

1 4 6 7 10

Rune Of The Hunt

2 A

3 8 11 12 13

Permafrost

3 B

2 15 16 18 19

Winter's Grasp

4 Y

5 9 14 17 20

1 4 6 7 10

Piercing Cold

1 X

Skadi throws an icy spear forward, dealing damage to enemies and Slowing them for 3s. Kaldr's basic attacks deal double damage to targets afflicted by Piercing Cold.

Ability Type: Projectile
Damage: 90 / 140 / 190 / 240 / 290 (+80% of your Physical Power)
Slow: 20 / 25 / 30 / 35 / 40%
Cost: 70 / 75 / 80 / 85 / 90
Cooldown: 12s

3 8 11 12 13

Rune Of The Hunt

2 A

Toggle: Skadi marks a target for Kaldr to hunt. While toggled on, Kaldr assumes Beast form, chasing and attacking the marked enemy. If a marked enemy dies Kaldr attacks other enemies nearby. When toggled off, Kaldr stops attacking and returns to Skadi, reverting to his Elemental form on the way. This ability can be activated at rank 0 and Kaldr gains new skills as it ranks up.

Ability Type: Pet Command
Basic Attack Damage: 50 / 50 / 57.5 / 65 / 72.5 / 80% of Skadi's
Rank 1: Kaldr gains a dash attack dealing 70 / 80 / 90 / 100 / 110% Basic Attack Damage
Rank 3: Kaldr's kills heal him
Rank 5: Kaldr's attacks give Skadi 10% increased movement speed
Cost: None
Cooldown: 0.5s

2 15 16 18 19

Permafrost

3 B

Skadi freezes the ground for 5s at a target location. The icy area deals damage to enemies that touch it and continues to deal additional damage every .5s they stay on it. Gods who step on the ice are slowed and lose control of their movement while sliding across. Also, Skadi gains movement speed and Slow immunity while standing on the area and persists for 3s after it fades or she leaves.

Ability Type: Circle, Crowd Control, Damage
Initial Damage: 70 / 100 / 130 / 160 / 190 (+50% of your Physical Power)
Damage Per Tick: 10 / 15 / 20 / 25 / 30 (+5% of your Physical Power)
Movement Speed: 20 / 25 / 30 / 35 / 40%
Slow: 15%
Radius: 16 / 16 / 18 / 18 / 20
Cost: 55 / 60 / 65 / 70 / 75
Cooldown: 16s

5 9 14 17 20

Winter's Grasp

4 Y

A snowstorm surrounds Skadi as she chooses a location for Kaldr to attack. If Kaldr is too far he will leap there.

Upon reaching the location a snowstorm also surrounds Kaldr. The initial hit of either snowstorm Roots enemies in the area and Kaldr is restored to full health. The storms persist for 4s while dealing damage to enemies every .5s.

Ability Type: Stim
Damage (Initial Hit): 45 / 85 / 125 / 165 / 205 (+35% of your Physical Power)
Damage (Per Tick): 5 / 10 / 15 / 20 / 25 (+10% of your Physical Power)
Root Duration: 1 / 1.25 / 1.5 / 1.75 / 2s
Radius: 20
Cost: 80 / 90 / 100 / 110 / 120
Cooldown: 100s

Skadi Threats

Tap each threat level to view Skadi’s threats

Max

Major

Even

Minor

Tiny

How to play Skadi with this build

This Skadi build entirely revolves around power, maximising the damage of Skadis abilities and kaldrs attacks.

Skadi is very good in both team fights and 1v1s due to kaldr, essentially allowing Skadi to either do 2x damage to one target, or attack 2 complete separate targets simultaneously.

Kaldr

kaldr is what makes Skadi so good, no other hunter has a pet like kaldr, he is very useful in his abilities to both do lots of damage, and protect Skadi by blocking incoming basic attacks, being able to block up to 10 basics with the use of Skadis ultimate

Threats

Xbalanque Freya Izanami all pose major threats Skadi because they all share a common trait: basic attack that do not stop upon hitting minions, this can be devastating to Skadi as it removes the ability of kaldr to effectively block incoming attacks

Abilities

Passive - Kaldr, The Winter Wolf

Kaldr is the most unique part of Skadis kit, he is unique to her and no other god has anything that acts quite like kaldr. Kaldr can be controlled by Skadi who can select when and who kaldr attacks at any time. Kaldr has 5 health, each health point corresponding to 1 ability or basic attack from an enemy god, or 5 attacks from minions.
Kaldr is always active, even when no points are put into the ability.

Ability 1 - Piercing Cold

This is Skadis primary damaging ability, being her primary wave clear and thus the first ability that will want to be maxed to level 5. Other than damage, Piercing Cold has additional effects, firstly it slows enemies hit by it, and secondly it doubles the damage of Kaldrs basic attacks, meaning that late game with Piercing Cold actiive, kaldr can do hits for 160% of Skadis basic attack

Ability 2 - Rune Of The Hunt

This is the ability that Skadi uses to control Kaldr, allowing Skadi to pick who Kaldr attacks, every other level it gains a new ability and increases the damage of Kaldrs basic attacks
At level 1 - Kaldr gains a dash attack, at level 5 this reaches 130% of Skadis basic attack as damage
At level 3 - Kaldrs kills heal him, self explanatory, allows kaldr to heal quicker while being used by Skadi
At level 5 - Kaldrs attack speed up Skadis movement speed by 10%, allowing skadi to be more mobile in fights and more easily dodge other hunters basic attacks

Ability 3 - Permafrost

This is a circle ability that grows in size and damage with every level, its unique effect is that enemy gods that step onto the ice lose control of their movement, continuing in the direction of initial travel, this can make for some amusing plays in choke points, causing gods to endlessly slide over it, constantly rebounding off walls. Stepping on the ice will also increase Skadis movement speed

Ultimate Ability - Winter's Grasp

When used, Skadis ultimate create rings around both Skadi and Kaldr, that damage all enemies in their range over time for 4 seconds, Gods caught in the rings when first used will be rooted also

Important things to note about Kaldr, and common misconceptions

1. Kaldrs attack speed is 50% of Skadis, it is not fixed
2. Kaldr is not affect by items that affect basic attacks, such as The Executioner and Hydra's Lament
3. Kaldr is NOT affected by Crit, DON'T build it

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(143) |

Your example lategame build has both executioner and titan's bane but I feel this is a massive waste as you're building it without Qin's Sais.

(143) |

You list toxic blade as situational, but no Brawler's Beat Stick? An item Skadi makes better use of as an ability based hunter?

(81) |

I'd go with brawlers over toxic blade personally.

(143) |

Without boots listed anywhere in this build it basically is troll in it's current state.

(400) |

Yeah, please explain boots not being present. This is really bad for a god that doesn't have an escape. Using the brief MS boost from her 3 does not count.

Its implied that boots is bought but sold late game, but ill update it

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(81) |

New players may not know that, which is why it was mentioned. We also had someone who refused to add boots to an build be cause they were lame. Needless to say his build was quickly archived.

(143) |

Also im not 100% sure about Runeforged in an ability based build with low attack speed. I mean it depends if it effects Kaldr or not. Usually we've seen runeforged built recently with qins, exe, ninja tabi, asi.

did testing earlier and i think i decided it did, but id need to retest it cause im not so sure now

(9) |

Quick question: I'm just wondering if Kaldr procs because if he does then thats quite strong for and reliable sustain.

(143) |

Skadi has longer cooldowns for her damaging abilities than other ability based hunters and seeing as Kaldr doesen't proc it I would only consider it on someone like Neith, AMC or Ullr. So overall, Soul Eater is meh on Skadi.

(9) |

What would you recommend instead?

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(143) |

I can't really recommend something else when Soul Eater never really had a place in Skadi's build.

Soul Eater gives mana, cdr, 60 power and lifesteal, its just an all round good item, the lifesteal from the passive isnt much, but its better than nothing

(400) |

If you're going with a build for Skadi, then is a consideration, along with and .

Asi is better mid-build, if you plan to go more basic attack later with Exe / Qin's. SE should be able to be considered if you're going with a more hard-hitting hybrid or ability-based build, also perhaps somewhere in the mid to mid-late part of a build. BF would be a late option, either as a replacement to Asi, or standalone if you didn't get lifesteal earlier.

(143) |

You don't have to go asi if you're going basic attack based but it's useful. You could just use it for lane sustain/boxing against a hunter building devourers/mage adc building bancrofts. And I would usually replace it lategame for bloodforge.

I just don't see a place for Soul Eater on Skadi compared to other ability based hunters.

(400) |

I can understand that. I still think SE can be useful...the stats are not bad, and in these cases the lifesteal is sort of an afterthought, but for higher ability use (CDR, mana) and the quite good power, it's not a bad item.

But yeah, I'm not sure I'd build it often on her.

I was thinking to replace soul eater later too, given that you'd get 40% cooldown with a power potion

(143) |

Physical Power pot doesen't give cooldown reduction on physical gods. Thats only .

Also selling Soul Eater after stacking it sounds like quite a big waste of gold.

Good point, forgot about the lack of cdr, tbh i like soul eater and would probably stick with it, but late game, once you're getting 3k pots etc, the buying of bloodforge isnt too big of an issue

(143) |

You need to remember speed elixir as well.

No, sadly he doesnt, which is upsetting, but i still think soul eater is the best lifesteal item overall

(9) |

That would a nice small buff for as making Kaldr proc item effects would push her more into the meta, however only certain item effects as, it would be a bit OP if he procs for example.

(143) |

"Important things to note about Kaldr, and common misconceptions

1. Kaldr has a fixed attack speed, independent of Skadis"

Except her passive, states that Kaldr inherits 50% of Skadi's?

Anyway,

Why are you prioritising points in Skadi's ultimate when not only is upgrading it not as important as her other abilities, but her ultimate has been quite weak ever since they removed Kaldr's temporary invulnerability during the ult duration?

The proper ability maxing is 1 > 3 > 2 > ult.

"Skadi is very good in both team fights and 1v1s due to kaldr, essentially allowing Skadi to either do 2x damage to one target, or attack 2 complete separate targets simultaneously." - 1vs1? Sure she's good. Team fights? Not as strong.

I'll update the guide, i meant that the fact that kaldrs attack speed is fixed is a common misconception, but i agree it didn't come across like that

I also agree that s ult can seem a bit lack luster, but it actually can do quite a lot of damage, which most people don't expect, especially if the god is in range of both and kaldr

but i have to adamantly disagree with prioritising the 3 over the 2, rune of the hunt is just far more versitile, kaldr can have much more consistent damage and can also attack structures, for immediate burst damage the 3 appears better, but over even a short amount of time, the benefit of maxing the 2 first can be night and day

(143) |

Fine, max the 2 over the 3, but at least max the 2 over the ult. Leave the last 4 points for her ult levels 17-20.

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I'd say the ult is personal prefernece, but personally i like the increased damage and root duration

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Table of Contents

How to play Skadi with this build

Kaldr

Threats

Abilities

Important things to note about Kaldr, and common misconceptions

Skadi 6.2 ADC

Smite God: Skadi

Skadi Build

Starter

Core Items

Situational

Example Late Game Build

Skadi's Skill Order

Piercing Cold

Rune Of The Hunt

Permafrost

Winter's Grasp

Skadi Threats

Fafnir | Major

Freya | Major

Izanami | Major

Jormungandr | Major

Xbalanque | Major

How to play Skadi with this build

Kaldr

Threats

Abilities

Important things to note about Kaldr, and common misconceptions

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